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December 2012

Annual Red Mass a source of spiritual strength for lawyers, attendees say

Catholics in Maryland’s legal community gathered Dec. 4 at the Shrine of St. Alphonsus, Baltimore, for the annual Red Mass.
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Paralympian visits Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Austin Maltagliati, an eighth-grader at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, has a new appreciation for people with disabilities after meeting a Paralympic gold medalist.
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Catholic Charities’ annual breakfast celebrates record $3 million raised

Catholic Charities of Baltimore has raised a record $3 million this year, the organization announced Dec. 5 at its annual leadership breakfast.
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Prisoner in police custody shoots gun at St. Joseph, no one hurt

A confrontation between a Baltimore County prisoner receiving medical care and a police officer attending him Dec. 5 caused the officer’s gun to fire into a wall at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.
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A preschooler’s Nutcracker is sweet

  When Leo brought home a permission slip to go to the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with his Pre-K class today, I was a bit taken aback. Attending a symphony concert hasn’t been high on our list of places to go as a family. In fact, if you had asked me, I
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Triplets take to the altar at Church of the Resurrection

The Taylor triplets were inspired to start volunteering after watching their father's example.
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Keeping students, administrators safe in schools

NBC News aired a story Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 about how children at an Atlanta school were taken to the hospital Dec. 3 after their school was filled with the colorless, odorless and tasteless gas known as carbon monoxide.   That school reportedly doesn’t have carbon monoxide detectors. In 2011, a
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Mother Seton School alumnus honored for service

Sheridan “Dan” Reaver, a 1975 alumnus of Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg, and president of Emmitsburg Glass Company, was recently named a distinguished volunteer by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
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Are you a ‘prepper’?

If you’re a fan of the show “Doomsday Preppers” on the National Geographic Channel, then you are also familiar with the terms “prepper,” “bug out,” and “i.n.c.h. bag.” If you haven’t heard of it, you might think it’s just a show about more crazy people who think the world is
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First Sunday of Advent

I. Introduction Dear friends in Christ: Welcome to Advent! Today not only begins a new season of grace in the Church, a time of preparation and expectation for Christmas, but it actually begins a new year in the life of the Church too: the Year of Grace 2013. So Happy New Year! Also, we are...
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Candidacy – Permanent Diaconate

I. Introduction Dear friends, these men, who are husbands, fathers, classmates, and friends are recommended as candidates for the permanent diaconate. Allow me to address a few words to them as they are formally declared candidates for Holy Orders and resolve to continue wholeheartedly their diaconal formation. II. The Year of Faith This moment of...
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Jesuit Father Gerald J. Fitzpatrick dies

Father Fitzpatrick was ordained a priest in 1971 at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
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